Stanegate Restorations and Replicas: Links

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Stanegate Restorations and Replicas - images	All our images are hosted on Ipernity (external site - opens in new window) By the middle of October 2019 there were over 5,000 images in 164+ albums (many SRR work related) organised into 21 folders. Please explore ...

Selected Clients	Please, visit them if you can.

Isle of Man Steam Railway	Restoration of F62 (A "pairs" carriage, bodies from 1873 and underframe from 1926) for the Isle of Man Government.
Friends of Maud Railway Museum	Custodians of the Peterhead Quarry Railway convict van, restored as part of the "Rocks, Rogues, Rails & Refuge" project.
Foxfield Railway Knotty Coach Trust	Standard Gauge line in Staffordshire. NSR 23 (Accessible Brake Coach), NSR 228 (First class), NSR 127 (the "Manifold" coach) and NSR 61 (the "Tutbury" coach), All for the Knotty Coach Trust, formally the North Staffordshire Railway Rolling Stock Restoration Trust (aka the NSRRSRT).
George Elmy	East Durham Heritage Group. Replicated the Seaham Lifeboat callout (shout) boards for their museum in the 1870's lifeboat house, which now houses the restored "George Elmy".
NELSAM	Replica timber fairings for "Bristol Bloodhound Mark1" missile.
Private Owner	Timber cab for a Sentinel Steam Waggon - further details to follow.
Willowford Farm	Timber components for replica Shepherd Hut, intended as a snack bar.
Bowes Railway	Rope hauled colliery railway, dating from 1826, now run as a museum. Waggon rebuilds, required after arson attacks and other acts of mindless vandalism (EHSI for part 2011).
Beamish Museum Collections Visitor information here	North of England Open Air Museum, extensive transport collections, and a lot of other things as well, settings dates are 1913 and 1825 - you will need at least a day to have a proper look around. (Don't forget to Gift Aid!). Currently developing new areas eg 1950s Town.
Locomotion	National Railway Museum at Shildon. Headstocks and replica footplate. (EHSI).
Whitby Historic Lifeboat Trust	The owners of the "William Riley", a restored pulling (rowing) lifeboat. We rebuilt the interior. Often used to raise funds for the RNLI.
Ffestiniog Railway	Located in Porthmadog, North Wales. First Class refurbishment project, replica Pullman armchairs and low back observation chairs.
Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway	15 inch (minimum gauge) Railway in the Western Lake District, Owners of "Elmira" and "Maid of Kent" the two Pullman Holiday Coaches.
Ravenglass Railway Museum	Part replica / part restoration of last remaing original 3ft guage vehicle - the 1877 "Big Saloon" as a "walk-through" exhibit.
Saltburn Cliff Lift	Rebuilt and "Victorianised" the passenger cars. With a gradient of 1:1.7 this inclined tramway is steep. (Gauge is 4ft 2.5") The oldest operating water balance funicular. Run by Redcar & Cleveland Council, connecting the town with the North East's only remaining pleasure pier. Well worth the small fee......
South Tynedale Railway	2 foot gauge railway based in Alston, Cumbria. Volunteer run. Turned signalbox finials.
Tanfield Railway	Volunteer operated railway, with an indusrtial background and long history, Host for the two NER cariage restorations.
Welsh Highland Heritage Railway	Based in Porthmadog, with their works at Gelerts Farm. Carriages and interactive museum models.
Heritage Train Project site offline	Buffet Car - restoration, Number 25 - replica Ashbury, and the 'Pickering Brake' is a near future dream, which still need some funding, for the WHHR.

Main Suppliers	Listed in no specific order.

NECT EHSI	North East Civic Trust organise the Engineering Heritage Skills Initiative, and currently we have offered one placement per year since the first year of the scheme in 2011. During 2012/13 we have had two additional, part-time trainees. The present postholder started with us in February 2014. The scheme finishes in March 2015 as the funding was not renewed. Other placement providers (EHSI above) include Tanfield Railway, North East Maritime Trust, Weardale Railway, Vintage Vehicles Museum Shildon (Closed). North York Moors Railway, Windermere Steamboat Museum, South Tynedale Railway at Alston. .
cultratrust	During 2019 NECT has become culturatrust, with a new website (in build) ...
Freshfields(Wales) Freshfields Blog Freshfields Flickr	The animal sanctuary which allowed us to give our 'apprentice' Ben de-dog his forever home when Harry (the chairdog) left us for the Rainbow Bridge. Lesley's blog has moved to their main website, find the tab 'founder's blog' for updates after 28 March 2012.
GS Specialist Timber, Penrith	Our main source for quality hardwoods.
Lee Campbell	traditional & artistic blacksmith
Williamsons Paints	Excellent quality traditional paint and yacht varnish.
Duncan Milner Haulage	Specialist Transport Company: Railway rolling stock, boats ...
Scott Goodfellow	Traditional Blacksmith; hand-made bespoke ironwork (flickr photostream only as no website at present)
Webster's Haulage	Transport providers, very helpful to the heritage sector. We see their slide-back Brimec on most of their visits.
N Y Timber	Supply a wide range of materials, including marine grade exterior plywood.
Craftmaster Paint Supplies	Workshop consumables, Paint and other items, mainly for the Traction Engine and similar heritage markets. (formerly Seddon and Black Consumables)
Davey and Company	Enthusiastic and patient suppliers of difficult to find chandlery items, and custom work in bronze and brass.
DJM Fabrications	These are the people who built the steel underframes for the Buffet Car and Number 25. (no individual website at present)
Arnold Laver Timberworld	Supply a huge range of materials, including various softwoods, marine grade exterior and "bendy" plywood.
K J Forster	Grit, sand and bead blasting; rust preventative primer sprayed on leaving the machine. Owns a large and ancient Scammell !
Classic Marine	Highly helpful traditional chandlers, and supplier of brass castings including production by the lost wax process.
Kingston Sofas	Willing to take on a challenge !
Crowther Marine	Suppliers of propellors, couplings and shafts.

image gallery	all our project progress images are hosted here on Ipernity (external site - opens in new window)

Further links to be added soon.